I am wondering that there are many holiday homes "under construction" in the mountains although there is no grid power.

Does anybody knows the rules and regulations of the EGAT to supply these remote areas with grid power?

Under which circumstances will they provide grid power (poles and cabling) for free?

I am wondering that there are many holiday homes "under construction" in the mountains although there is no grid power.

Does anybody knows the rules and regulations of the EGAT to supply these remote areas with grid power?

Under which circumstances will they provide grid power (poles and cabling) for free?

Jeeez ... im dont think there are any rules....i asked our samui sparky to connect our electric water pump up for us,i got home to find hed ran a wire straight to the pylon outside...holy shit...mega dangerous,and looked horrific too..his toolbag consisted of some nail clippers,some wire and a reel of tape....good lad

I am wondering that there are many holiday homes "under construction" in the mountains although there is no grid power.

Does anybody knows the rules and regulations of the EGAT to supply these remote areas with grid power?

Under which circumstances will they provide grid power (poles and cabling) for free?

Not free Claude, you have to pay for every individual pole & the transformer.

Sb told me that IF there are 7 buildings the poles and transformer would be for free! Cannot believe this..

i dont get it

you live in Nathon.. why dont you go to the Electric company and ask them..

Before I go there and can hear:

"I dont know"

I try to find an answer here in TV

Claude, years and years ago, before the road to Hadrin was built, we had to pay (along with other businesses and houses along the route) to get poles and line strung to an area where there was no plan to do so. We paid for two poles, bigger places paid for more. But, between all of us, we got the money together to get it put in. And there was definitely more than 7 houses along the way. Unless regulations have changed, (possible, I am talking about 17 years ago) the free poles only go where "the plan" is set for.

Since I've been in Thailand, I've found it strange that farangs happily accept paying for the upgrading of transformers etc. If you live in an area that is already supplied with power, then it should be no extraneous cost to anybody if they wish to connect to an existing supply. Why? Very simply, the energy authority has already 'factored in' a future 'maximum demand' for the area & therefore have seen the future upgrades. If they haven't, it is therefore their problem...not yours.

I believe that if any energy authority wants to charge you for the use of their electricity in an area that already has an established supply, then any 'upgrades' to transformers & the like, should be payed for by the energy authority.

This is the case in most other countries.

In Australia, my parents had to pay for a transformer & cabling. Why? Because they lived out in the sticks & the nearest high voltage power line was about 1 km away. In other words, a local supply electrical supply was not existing so they had to pay for it.

Claude is talking about a place with no existing supply.

Sb told me that IF there are 7 buildings the poles and transformer would be for free! Cannot believe this..

have 14 houses around me ,had to pay for the pole and the cable ,on and a drink for the guy to come round and do it .

Sb told me that IF there are 7 buildings the poles and transformer would be for free! Cannot believe this..

have 14 houses around me ,had to pay for the pole and the cable ,on and a drink for the guy to come round and do it .

But the other houses around you had already grid power - you just needed one pole, right?

A guy I know has to pay 2 millions bahts for 800 m, thats why I am curious about the procedere.

But I also can see many "private" electric cables along mountain roads, just being fixed on coconut trees, it looks very

dangerous... how can this be??